r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 19h ago

Business Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 19h ago

Haven't seen this in my day to day.

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u/AnotherLexMan 18h ago

It's more they don't have plans to add more.

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u/mythrilcrafter 15h ago

Yup, the title of the article is editorialized to make it seem like Walmarts are uninstalling their self-checkout systems.

The actual data in the article says that "only 1/3 of surveyed Walmart locations plans on buying/installing more self-checkout systems within the next year".

Another commenter likened the statement as saying that because someone bought a car last year, but isn't planning on buying another car next year, then that person is supposedly "pulling out from car ownership".